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ByDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairsquartz_delta_9cccd9

The regulations farmers and land managers must follow when storing more than 1,500 litres of agricultural fuel oil, such as red diesel and white diesel.

Adapted edition

Farm environmental controls
Document type
Reference Guide
Format
DOCX
Pages
6
Language
English
Version
1.0
Updated
2026-09-17
Category
Safety & operations
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Description

The regulations farmers and land managers must follow when storing more than 1,500 litres of agricultural fuel oil, such as red diesel and white diesel. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.

Contents
  • What agricultural fuel oil is
  • When you must follow the regulations
  • When you're exempt from the regulations
  • Notify the Environment Agency about planned new storage or substantial changes
  • Where to store agricultural fuel oil
  • Standards for agricultural fuel oil tanks and drums
  • Secondary containment capacity
  • Maintain your agricultural fuel oil storage
  • Plan for potential spills
  • What to do if there's a spill
  • Report pollution
  • Disposing of waste fuel oil
  • Enforcement and inspections
  • If an inspection finds you're not complying with the regulations
  • Get advice about agricultural fuel oil storage
Source and licence
Storing agricultural fuel oil and constructing storage

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Original source OGL-UK-3.0

AttributionDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, ‘Storing agricultural fuel oil and constructing storage’ (updated 13 January 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.

Version history
  • v1.017/09/2026
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